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Eek, normally I use himalayan sea salt with my salt bars. I decided to go for some coarse sea salt (98%) instead, same recipe, expecting it to thicken and act like it would with the himalayan salt, but its not. What do I do? The salt content equals the weight of the oils. It's down to 88oF...

Hi Guys I have someone interested in selling my soap. I know my product, happy with it, know cost pricing etc. My question to use is, how do you work out your wholesale cost price? Do you double or triple your cost pricing? I'm happy for someone else to sell, I hate sales, would rather be...

There are heaps of options when it comes to molds. What type do you use and why? I love silicone molds for soap making but some of them would be too flexible. I have a couple of stainless steel ones and I've found them ok, they seem a bit difficult to unmold. I looked at the plastic ones but...

Hi, Living in New Zealand, there seems to be only one outlet for dendritic salt and it's very expensive. After doing a bit of research, an article mentioned that anticaking agents were added to the dendritic salt. Is pure dendritic salt non clumping or the additives in the salt? Is there...

I made a loaf soap 2 days ago, yesterday removed it from the wooden box yesterday but didn't unmold from the silicone liner as it seemed too soft. Today I tried to cut it using the box cutter, first with the wavy blade and then with the straight blade. The recipe I used was 950g olive oil, 50g...

Hi, I've been using the same recipe 4-5 times and happy with it. I wanted to have a play with swirling. The only difference between the last 2 times and previous is that I infused the rice bran oil with calendula flowers. I had a quick google and from what I read, it shouldn't affect the...

Hi, here in New Zealand, we're in lockdown like most of the rest of the world. Luckily we are still allowed to go to the supermarket but can't order anything that needs to be delivered, so I'm stuck with the oils I can buy at the supermarket. Traditionally my soap ingredients are coconut oil...